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EU canteen staff raise hell over low pay

Kitchen staff in the EU’s Brussels headquarters have revolted over bad working conditions, threatening further walkouts unless they secure a new deal next week.

Belgium’s FGTB and CSC trade unions are set to meet with employers' representatives on Tuesday (10 May) to ask for a wage increase of some 10 per cent and permanent contracts.

The France-based multinational Sodexho provides around 370 catering staff for the European Parliament and the European Council, while UK firm Compa...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

To drink, or not to drink? (Photo: EUobserver)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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